Global Patent Index - EP 1424635 B1

EP 1424635 B1 20081029 - Non volatile memory device architecture, for instance a flash kind, having a serial communication interface

Title (en)

Non volatile memory device architecture, for instance a flash kind, having a serial communication interface

Title (de)

Nichtflüchtige Speicheranordnungsarchitektur, zum Beispiel vom Flash-Typ mit einer seriellen Übertragungsschnittstelle

Title (fr)

Architecture de circuit de mémoire non volatile, par exemple de type flash, avec une interface de communication sérielle

Publication

EP 1424635 B1 20081029 (EN)

Application

EP 02425730 A 20021128

Priority

EP 02425730 A 20021128

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1424635A1] The present invention relates to a non volatile memory device architecture, for example of the Flash type, incorporating a memory cell array (3) and an input/output interface (2) to receive memory data and/or addresses from and to the outside of the device. The interface (2) operates generally according to a serial communication protocol, but it is equipped with a further pseudo-parallel communication portion with a low pin number incorporating circuit blocks (4, 5, 8) for selecting the one or the other communication mode against an input-received selection signal. <IMAGE>

IPC 8 full level

G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 8/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06F 13/4234 (2013.01 - EP US); G11C 7/1006 (2013.01 - EP US); G11C 7/1045 (2013.01 - EP US); G11C 8/04 (2013.01 - EP US); G11C 16/26 (2013.01 - EP US); G11C 2216/30 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1424635 A1 20040602; EP 1424635 B1 20081029; DE 60229649 D1 20081211; US 2005213421 A1 20050929; US 7151705 B2 20061219

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 02425730 A 20021128; DE 60229649 T 20021128; US 72734103 A 20031126